Psalm 107:39-43 Part 3 of 3

When they decrease in number and become impoverished

    through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

the LORD pours contempt on their princes,

    causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

But he rescues the poor from trouble

    and increases their families like flocks of sheep.

The godly will see these things and be glad,

    while the wicked are struck silent.

Those who are wise will take all this to heart;

    they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.

 

The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent.

Job 22:19 

"The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed,

    and the innocent will laugh in contempt."  (see all chapter 22)

Psalm 62:6-7  

The righteous will see it and be amazed.

    They will laugh and say,

"Look what happens to mighty warriors

    who do not trust in God.

They trust their wealth instead

    and grow more and more bold in their wickedness."  (see all Psalm 62)

Psalm 97:10  

You who love the LORD, hate evil!

    He protects the lives of his godly people

    and rescues them from the power of the wicked.  (see all Psalm 97)

 

Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD. 

Psalm 64:9-10  

Then everyone will be afraid;

    they will proclaim the mighty acts of God

    and realize all the amazing things he does.

The godly will rejoice in the LORD

    and find shelter in him.

And those who do what is right

    will praise him.  (see all Psalm 64)

Psalm 103:11  

For his unfailing love toward those who fear him

    is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.  

    (see all Psalm 103)

Jeremiah 9:12-13  Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it?

    The LORD replies, "This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said."  (see all chapter 9)

Hosea 14:9  

Let those who are wise understand these things.

    Let those with discernment listen carefully.

The paths of the LORD are true and right,

    and righteous people live by walking in them.

    But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.  (see all chapter 14)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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